What if drones could save lives? While they were originally developed for military purposes, aerial drones are now being used for blood deliveries that can save rather than take lives.

A fix-winged drone, known as a Zip, takes off like a shot from a droneport in Rwanda in East Africa with a life-saving cargo.

The Zip, traveling at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour and using GPS for guidance, flies over washed-out roads and heads straight for a remote hospital in the mountains. The drone arrives in about 20 minutes and parachutes a blood bag to transfuse a woman who was bleeding after giving birth…